Half Yearly Exam 23
Answer key
Standard VIII
Synonyms
1. Whisper - murmur
2. Possessed - controlled
3. Exhausted - tired
Antonyms
4. latest x outdated
5. mastered x unskilled
6. usually x rarely
7. a) He will play the
role in the second play.
b) The cat caught the scent of
a mouse.
8. National Means Cum Merit Scholarship
9. rainfall
10. a) Kilo b) Mic
11. put up
12. Listen, will hear
13. must
14. data
Part-II
Section -I
15. Ajay
suffered an injury at the age of three. He was treated, but that treatment left
him permanently deaf.
16. Issac
manufactured many curious articles at a young age.
17. The river banks are
thickly surrounded by green trees and plants. From them hung bunches of nests
at the riverside, where the birds would have chirped, leaves rustled, and the
wind rushed. Now it has been replaced by huge dragon-like mills making a hissing
noise and letting out black smoke.
18. Mobile phones should be
used by kids only with adult supervision.
Section -II
19. A) The child look up into father’s
eyes.
b) The child
sees the love in his father’s eyes.
20. a) Gleam means shines brightly.
b) Sufferings
and obstacles in life.
21. a) The poet says that beauty
stays forever. It never fades away. Rather, it increases with the passing time.
b) Bower means a beautiful shady tree.
22. a) I refer to the dog.
b) The dog wants a shelter.
Section-III
23.a) The show will have
completed its five hundred episodes next week.
b) They were watching Tv when they heard
a loud bang at the door.
24. a) SVA – They danced well.
b)
SVC – He is a doctor.
25. a) My friend gave me a gift on my birthday.
b) Her shift gets over at 7P.m
26. a) stronger – comparative degree
b) honest – positive degree
27. Punctuation
“I don’t live
here”, I said.
Part -III
Section -2
34. i) Scheme : aabb
ii) Rhyming words; that-flat, door-anymore
iii FOS: Personification
IV.The dog tail is down.
Section – 3
37. Coherent order.
a) The
hermit listened to the king.
b) but
answered nothing.
c) He
just spat on his hand and recommenced digging.
d) “Thanks!”
said the hermit, and, giving the spade to the king.
e) He
sat down on the ground.
38. Reading comprehension
1. The
boy was
sitting on platform no. 8 at Ambala station.
2. Th
name of the boy was Arun.
3. The expected time of the
trains arrival was at twelve o’clock midnight.
4. He
had been pacing up and down the platform, browsing at the bookstall, or feeding
broken biscuits to stray dogs.
5. No
one came with Arun.
Section -4
44. Spot the error
a) She seems sad.
b) I have been watching TV since
morning.
c) When I reached the station,
the train had already left.
d) I requested/asked him to
speak on several subjects.
e)Neither Ram nor his friends
know the answer. -
PART-IV
46. a) A dog is my
new pet.
b) He is sleepy because he is very
little now.
c) My dad and mom helps me to keep the
dog clean.
d) The dog stays in kennel.
48. a) Nature/Nothing
is permanent
b) Dawn has to give a way to day. So
dawn goes down.
c) Nature’s first green is gold.
d) Green leaf subsides to golden leaf. Eden
can’t hold the youth or beauty. So Eden sank to grief.
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